4.9% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Heathpool · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Heathpool
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles drive the local economy in Heathpool, where nearly 44% of workers are employed as professionals. While more adults are working or looking for work than the national figure, full-time employment is notably lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. However, full-time work is well below the state and national levels, and the 4.9% unemployment rate is higher than most areas.
62.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for the local workforce at 27.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 14.3% and education and training at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are very common here, making up 43.7% of jobs, while managers account for 15.0% and community and personal service workers make up 12.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Heathpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40581/heathpool/topic/employment